Shifting Narratives: The political economy of public services, spending and production Online conference with an in-person YSI workshop in University College London 27 June 2022 – 30 June 2022 Event Information: Open to: All but registration is required. Organisers: UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (UCL-IIPP)University of Greenwich’s Public Services International Research Unit (UoG-PSIRU) …
DEADLINE EXTENDED (new deadline: April 18th) The YSI Gender and Economics Working Group (G&E) would like to invite young scholars to submit their ideas for the YSI session at the 30th Annual Conference of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE). This year we wanted to keep it as broad as possible, so instead of …
This is the last session of the Reading Group on CHINA’S LAND USE PLANNING AND POLICY, organized by the Philosophy of Economics WG. SESSION 4 will focus on two articles on urban sustainability. Ghost cities are one of the most visible negative effects of property-led urban development. What can be done better in the future? …
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YSI Panel @ I Congresso do Desajuste - “Prospects for economic growth and redistribution in Brazil and Latin America: can heterodox economics lead the recovery?” In the 2000s, Brazil and other Latin American countries experienced a period of economic growth and income redistribution resulting from favorable external conditions and policies to foster aggregate demand. In …
Despite claims that COVID-19 is “the great equalizer”, a growing strand of the literature points to the heterogeneity of its effects across countries, population subgroups, and socioeconomic classes. This warrants a closer examination how governments managed the pandemic and provided legal and economic relief to those affected. Despite an increase in social spending in most …
YSI Day @ EPOG 2022 is a chance to introduce YSI to the community of EPOG alumni at the annual EPOG masters program conference in Syros, Greece from July 3-7. The event will consist of a presentation of both YSI and of a number of YSI working groups followed by a project-building session to create …
The Latin America Working Group of the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) is supporting the Program for Advanced Studies on Latin American Economies (ELADES, in Spanish) and will organize activities during the School, which include: (1) An Alumni Seminar, (2) Feedback activities on Students' final work, (3) a post-ELADES workshop in which students from the current …
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Dear YSI members, The YSI Economic Development Working Group (EDWG) and the Gender and Economics Working Group (G&E) invite young scholars to submit papers for presentation at the YSI panel on "Re-framing economic crises: Towards a more radical approach" at the 24th Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE). Conference theme: Crises in …
Crises in capitalism or crises of capitalism – Current issues and transform Read More »
This full-day workshop on the Geography of Innovation for the Green Economy takes place on January 25th 2022 as a pre-conference event of the Geography of Innovation Conference at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. This workshop aims to bring together young scholars active in the area of geography of innovation with experienced mentors, who are …
The second YSI-Sant'Anna workshop will take place in hybrid format, and it will feature selected presentations on the future of global production from senior and young scholars. For those willing to participate in person, the event will be held at the Sant’ Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa (see details on the full programme). …
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Dear all, The YSI Development Working Group happily announces a special session to be held during the 24th Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE) ("Crises in capitalism or crises of capitalism: Current issues and transformative solutions"). The session will focus on ''The role of heterodox economists in achieving a People's Vaccine''. We …
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This we discuss the remaining chapters of Stephen Clarke's monograph. Access it here: https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/meltzer/clacen67.pdf?utm_source=direct_download 6. The Defense of a Key Currency:1926-28 108Introduction 108Payments Surpluses ComplicateMonetary Policy 109Germany 109France 110The Shift toward Gold 112Germany 112France 115British-French Accommodation 119The Central Bankers' Meeting ofJuly 1927 123The Easing of Federal ReservePolicy 124The Payments Balance Shifts inFavor of Europe 127The …
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This session covers Lecture 9: The World That Bagehot Knew From the nineteenth-century international gold standard, we can draw insights that apply to the globally financialized world of today. We learn about the origins of monetary policy in the discount mechanism and the manipulation of the discount rate. This lecture connects up with the Walter …
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This session of the webinar series will feature Prof. K V Subramanian. He is Professor of Finance at Indian School of Business. He was the Chief Economic Advisor to Government of India (2018-21). Abstract The separation of religion and state—a foundational feature of the protestant ethic—has been central to the western conception of liberalism. The …
The Young Scholars Initiative’s Financial Stability and States and Markets Working Groups invite young scholars to submit abstracts to our sessions within the Central Banks and its Discontents: The Role of Monetary Policy in Contemporary Capitalism Conference to take place in Berlin, on July 11-13. More information about the conference here. We welcome submissions on …
The economy is a complex evolving system, thus its analysis requires tools that can take into account all dimensions relevant for such a complex world. As young researchers, we often question ourselves how to take into account heterogeneity, interactions, non-linearities, path-dependency, tipping points to name a few. In this project, we will learn and discuss …
YSI @ Agent-Based Models in Economics Seasonal School 2022 | Sant’Anna Read More »
The project is a two fold event in which it will celebrate YSI 1Oth birthday and an introduction of YSI to the University of Kassel in Germany.
The ICA CCR European Research Conference is an opportunity to bring researchers in the cooperative sector together to share resources and provide an opportunity to foster new connections for potential future collaborations. For early career researchers in this field, this is an invaluable opportunity to connect with others who face similar challenges in conducting research …
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This session covers Lecture 10: Dealers and Liquid Security Markets This lecture is all about dealers. It emphasizes the concept of "market liquidity" as distinct from "funding liquidity" and introduces the Treynor model of the economics of the dealer function. We're starting by looking at security dealers, but we'll be using this model for the …
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Join us to share resources to improve our writing together! Mainly focusing on the input from Paul Dudenhofer 'Writing effectivly in economics', we want to talk about what enhances writing and how we ourself can improve our wirting skills.
Speaker: Prof. Shamika Ravi About the speaker Dr. Shamika Ravi is a Nonresident Senior Fellow of the Governance Studies Program at the Brookings Institution Washington D.C. She was the former Director of Research at Brookings India and her research focuses on economics of development including areas of finance, health, urbanization and gender inequality. Dr. Ravi …
Working towards universal health access in India Read More »
This session covers Reading 5: Three chapters from A Market Theory of Money by John Hicks (1989) In these three chapters, Hicks starts with the idea that the primary function of money is to serve as a "standard of value" for the market. From there, he argues that the institution of banking as market making …
The YSI Economic History (EH) and YSI Africa Working Groups will lead a young scholar workshop at the occasion of the World Economic History Congress in Paris this summer. The WEHC is the major international event for our international community. The workshop offers a one-day experience for early-career researchers with mentorship from the YSI EH …
Gathering 25 young economics scholars to celebrate YSI's 10th birthday and revive interest in the YSI network. Join us for an evening of networking and chatting over current issues and exploring opportunities of engagement with the YSI community!
Introduction In this moment of crisis, worker cooperatives are a reliable, proven solution to address the loss of jobs and income inequality. COVID-19 has devastated the small business community, and the clock is ticking on permanent shutdowns of small businesses. 45 percent of businesses believe they have less than six months until a permanent shutdown …
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This is the first of two sessions for reading and discussing Morgan Ricks' book The Money Problem. In this session we will cover the Introduction and Part 1 (through chapter 4). From the jacket:"Years have passed since the world experienced one of the worst financial crises in history, and while countless experts have analyzed it, …
This session covers Lecture 11: Banks and the Market for Liquidity This lecture generalizes the Treynor model from security dealers to money dealers and explores the question of why it's profitable for banks to run the payment system at par when prices can't adjust and there's no bid/ask spread. We also talk about how the …
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The outbreak of covid-19, the Russo-Ukrainian war, and the slowdown of important global economies such as the USA and China have brought new economic difficulties to all countries in the world, but especially to developing countries. Do these new difficulties intensify or bring new possibilities for catch-up strategies for developing countries? Conventional economic theory has …
Young scholars near Harare, unite! This is a chance to gather and cheers to YSI.
This session of the webinar series will feature Prof. Barbara Harriss-White. She is the Emeritus Professor of Development Studies, Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College , Oxford University and a Visiting professor at JNU. Abstract While Polanyi argued that a society dominated by market exchange – market society – was a dehumanised contradiction in terms, both …
The summer school is held fully online The 5th UNCTAD YSI Summer School provides an opportunity to explore the Challenges and Opportunities of a New International Economic Order. The school will bring together UNCTAD experts, academics, diplomats, and young scholars from across the globe for lively and stimulating intellectual debates. The world economy is in …
